Assistant Prof @CedarsSinai in the Division of Gastroenterology. Lover of all things microbial. *We’re hiring!*
Sep 28, 2020 • 29 tweets • 11 min read
Very happy to share with you this new study from our lab on bacterial translocation from the gut to neighboring adipose, and a fascinating tissue response to the presence of microbial “squatters”. @CellCellPress
Happy to walk you through, in this thread: cell.com/cell/fulltext/…
This study was nearly 4 years in the making. Which is surprising looking back on it b/c we really set out with two simple questions: 1. Is there bacterial DNA in mesenteric adipose tissue? 2. If yes, is it from live or dead bacteria?
Apr 3, 2020 • 20 tweets • 5 min read
1/ How infectious are various biological samples from COVID-19 patients? And for how long? @Nature pre-print paper out yesterday- what does it actually tell us? See this thread for analysis. #tweetorial#medthread nature.com/articles/s4158…2/ Viral RNA in specimens tells if you are currently SARS-CoV-2 positive. Does not tell you if that is dead or live virus, i.e. actively replicating and infectious. This paper attempts to address the latter- a very important question.
Sep 8, 2017 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
Micro tweeps, I could use your help. Anyone know what these microorganisms are? Pics taken at 100x. @markowenmartin@baym@a2binny, anyone? @markowenmartin@baym@a2binny We have an (partial) answer! Re-ran PCR and its....a fungus! Good job to those of you who guessed it. Can indeed see it's in hyphal form.